Happiness

Happiness. One thing we constantly crave for. As Ivo Andric, Serbian Nobel prize winner once said:

It is strange that we need just a little to be happy, and it is more strange how often we miss just that little.

Yes, we always seem to be missing that one small thing. Shall we manage to get it, we'll just find a way to replace it with something else, something new. The question is, can we ever be completely happy or is happiness just an undefined mystery mostly out of our reach, of which we can only catch a glimpse and nothing else?
No one knows the answer. :) While we search for the ultimate happiness and build bridges that might take us to what we think will make us complete, we forget to look at the wonderful rivers flowing under. If we concentrate only on building, we'll forget why we are building.

I have already been writing about how we should enjoy life and never waste a second of it...By writing I try to pursue myself into thinking that way and living in that direction, although I admit that I am among those countless people who keep seeking for the unknown and who feel that if they stop for just one second, everything that they have been building will just disappear.

We can't be happy all the time. That is a fact. If we were happy all the time, we wouldn't know anything about sadness, and if we did not know anything about sadness, we wouldn't be able to define what happiness is. :) We have the natural right to be sad when we want to and when we need to, we have the right to savor melancholy, which can sometimes be strangely wonderful, to cry, to get angry, be upset or filled with anxiety. No one can take that right away from us. But what we mustn't do is forget that, in the end, life is too short for us to feel like that all the time.

Moments of happiness tend to be quite tricky. They sneak around in disguise, and we need to be extra cautious not to miss them. They are everywhere and they deeply want you to catch them. Once you catch them, don't forget to truly savor them, because they are unbelievably fleeting. When they reach their ends, don't be too sad because, they will sneak into your life again if you only let them to. Keep your eyes wide open.

That is what I keep repeating to myself.

Yesterday I got to spend some wonderful time with wonderful people who keep amazing me day by day, and who are so lovable that you just can't help but love them...Today, Serbian national volleyball team officially became the European champion and I got to watch the game with my best friend and jump in front of the TV with her, cheering for our guys... Now, I am sitting in my cozy chair and writing, while listening to some great Greek songs for which I know all the lyrics, even though this time last year I did not know how to say a single word in Greek... I can feel the evening summer breeze on my cheeks coming through the open windows of my small room... I know that there are several people who are missing me at the moment, and I know that I have some dear people on my mind right now too. I know that everything I do, or almost everything :), I do because I want to and because I love to. I had some amazing experiences this year and I am unbelievably grateful for them...
I am among the luckiest, and I often forget about that.


I just felt like writing about happiness tonight. Finally, the moments in which we become aware of how happy we are, also last very shortly because, with no doubt, we soon again find another thing to miss in our lives. :)

And for the end, here is one cute thing I found :)
Afterall, happy is all we ever want to be when we grow up :)